In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Bardanes Philippikos (also commonly known as Philippicus Bardanes) was a prominent member of the ruling elite involved...
This tapestry, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and manufactured by the Manufacture des Gobelins during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), has...
This tapestry, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and manufactured by the Manufacture des Gobelins during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), has...
This painting, by an unidentified 17th-century artist, was inspired by the historical baptism of King Clovis (r. 481-511), a formidable warlord who consolidated the...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (c. 1712-1778)
"Beware particularly, as the last piece of advice I shall give you, of sinister constructions and venomous rumours, the secret motives...
This painting, by the Italian artist Sebastiano Mazzoni (c .1611-1678), was inspired by stories of the romance between Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and...
According to the Roman biographer, Suetonius (c. 70-130+), Emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37) read daily and liked to quiz his dinner guests on trivia from...
